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Big Cartel Stores in the United States

Updated Dec 5 2025

There are 122,363 live Big Cartel stores in the United States.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Big Cartel stores in the United States.

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Big Cartel Growth in the United States

  • Big Cartel stores in the United States increased 0.2% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q3.
  • Big Cartel stores in the United States increased 1461% year-over-year in 2025 Q3.

Here is Big Cartel's quarter-over-quarter growth in the United States.

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q3
81,974
2020 Q4
83,812
2021 Q1
87,612
2021 Q2
8,779
2021 Q3
8,718
2021 Q4
8,617
2022 Q1
8,570
2022 Q2
8,334
2022 Q3
9,011
2022 Q4
8,505
2023 Q1
8,433
2023 Q2
8,479
2023 Q3
8,557
2023 Q4
8,338
2024 Q1
8,164
2024 Q2
7,889
2024 Q3
7,827
2024 Q4
8,003
2025 Q1
121,550
2025 Q2
121,854
2025 Q3
122,151
2025 Q4 (to date)
122,363
Active Stores by Quarter

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a Big Cartel store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For Big Cartel Stores In the United States

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Big Cartel stores in the United States.

  • 28.1% of Big Cartel stores in the United States sell Apparel products.
  • 12.4% of Big Cartel stores in the United States sell Arts & Entertainment products.
  • 9.9% of Big Cartel stores in the United States sell Beauty & Fitness products.

Social Media Usage On Big Cartel Stores In the United States

Ecommerce brands use social media sites to engage with millions of consumers. Instagram and Facebook are the dominant social media sites for ecommerce stores, by far, with Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube also having notable usage.

  • Instagram is used by 34.5% of Big Cartel stores in the United States.
  • Facebook is used by 17.1% of Big Cartel stores in the United States.
  • Twitter is used by 9.2% of Big Cartel stores in the United States.
Type
Stores
Instagram
42,245
Facebook
20,961
Twitter
11,213
Pinterest
2,540
YouTube
2,156
Tiktok
1,940
Facebook Group
480
Soundcloud
134

Contact Information On Big Cartel Stores In the United States

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

  • 3% of Big Cartel stores in the United States have an email on their website
  • 1% of Big Cartel stores in the United States provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
3,349
Phone
1,689

States With The Most Big Cartel Stores In the United States

It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the state-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.

Here is the state distribution of Big Cartel stores in the United States. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 1,187 Big Cartel stores in the United States are based in California.
  • 555 Big Cartel stores in the United States are based in New York.
  • 466 Big Cartel stores in the United States are based in Texas.
State
Stores
1,187
555
466
372
273
252
164
159
150

Cities With The Most Big Cartel Stores in the United States

Here is the city distribution of Big Cartel stores in the United States. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 117,688 Big Cartel stores in the United States are based in Unknown.
  • 512 Big Cartel stores in the United States are based in Los Angeles.
  • 313 Big Cartel stores in the United States are based in New York.
City
Stores
117,688
313
197
168
105
98
80
71
66
65

Number of Employees for Big Cartel stores in the United States

  • 100.0% of Big Cartel stores in the United States have Unknown employees.
  • 0.0% of Big Cartel stores in the United States have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.0% of Big Cartel stores in the United States have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of Big Cartel stores in the United States by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
122,335
1 - 9
9
10 - 24
5
25 - 49
5
50 - 99
3
100 - 249
2
250 - 999
3
1000 - 4999
1

Top Shipping Carriers For Big Cartel Stores In the United States

  • 5.7% of Big Cartel stores in the United States ship by USPS.
  • 1.0% of Big Cartel stores in the United States ship by UPS.
  • 0.6% of Big Cartel stores in the United States ship by Fedex.

Here are the top shipping carriers for Big Cartel stores in the United States.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
6,985
UPS
1,208
Fedex
788
DHL
92
Canada Post
89
Royal Mail
23
Australia Post
19
Japan Post
15
Correos
15
China Post
10

Top-level Domain Distribution For Big Cartel Stores In the United States

.com is the most common top-level domain, by far, for world-wide Big Cartel stores. Some countries have been faster than others to adopt alternate (such as country-specific) top-level domains.

  • 97.2% of Big Cartel stores in the United States have a .com domain.
  • 0.4% of Big Cartel stores in the United States have a .net domain.
  • 0.4% of Big Cartel stores in the United States have a .store domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Big Cartel stores in the United States.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
118,971
.net
535
.store
524
.org
415
.shop
380
.co
284
.us
251
.art
227
.online
92
.xyz
56

Top Big Cartel Stores In the United States

Here are the top stores in the United States ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Museum of Death
9,722
2016/12/30
www.thenewyorksewingcenter.com
46,986
2019/08/23
american football
47,265
2019/12/06
Architeg Prints
47,347
2020/12/18
CatLABS
www.catlabs.info
51,589
2016/12/30

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